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- From: gthkoh@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Koh Thong Hwee)
- Subject: Re: Churchill - folowup to rqst for full quote
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.030554.17262@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
- Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:05:54 GMT
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- ACJ Books (Chris) (acjbooks@citr.uq.oz.au) wrote:
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- : I think this was probably the quotation being looked for:
- : (Sorry, haven't kept a record of who and when!).
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- : We shall not flag or fail.
- : We shall fight in France,
- : We shall fight on the seas and oceans,
- : We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air,
- : We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be,
- : We shall fight on the beaches,
- : We shall fight on the landing grounds,
- : We shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
- : We shall fight in the hills;
- : We shall never surrender.
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- : Churchill
- : Speech to the House of Commons
- : 4 June 1940
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- : \ /
- : \ /
- : \/
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- : Chris. Andrews.
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- Churchill said another memorable quote in the "Battle of Britain" :
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- "Never before in the history of mankind
- Has so many, owe so much, to so few..."
- (something like that)
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- It was his salutation to the British pilots who fought the German
- Luftwaffe (sp?) in WWII.
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- TH
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